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The Moluccan king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) is a parrot endemic to Peleng Island, Maluku, and West Papua in Indonesia. It is sometimes referred to as the Ambon king parrot or Amboina king parrot , [ 2 ] but this is potentially misleading, as it is found on numerous other islands than Ambon .
Amboyna or amboina may refer to: Amboyna, a play by John Dryden; Amboyna massacre, in 1623 in Indonesia; Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), of Asia; Amboina king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis), of Indonesia; Amboyna, a moth genus; Amboyna burl of Pterocarpus trees; Ambon Island, sometimes named Amboyna, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Medium-sized parrots, 35–43 cm (14–17 in) in length with long, broad tails. They have relatively small beaks for their size. The beaks of the adults are two colours, blackish and orange-reddish, except for the subspecies of the Moluccan king parrot, Alisterus amboinensis buruensis, which has a grey-black beak, and female of the Australian species, Alisterus scapularis, which has a grey beak.
Moluccan king parrot: A. amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: West Papua, Maluku, North Maluku, Buru Island, and the Banggai Islands: Australian king parrot: A. scapularis (Lichtenstein, 1818) LC: Eastern coast of Australia Papuan king parrot: A. chloropterus (Ramsay, 1879) LC: New Guinea, excluding West Papua and the New Guinea Highlands
The story of King George V and his parrot goes as follows: When the future King was serving in the Royal Navy in his youth, he traveled the world. At age 17, he was a midshipman on HMS Bucchante ...
Red-capped parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius), a regional name in Western Australia; Alisterus. Australian king parrot (Alisterus scapularis), found in eastern Australia; Papuan king parrot (A. chloropterus) in Papua; Moluccan king parrot (A. amboinensis) in Moluccas and other Indonesian islands.
Image Genus Living species Alisterus Mathews, 1911: Australian king parrot, Alisterus scapularis; Moluccan king parrot, Alisterus amboinensis; Papuan king parrot, Alisterus chloropterus
[4] [5] Adult male Amboina sail-finned lizards have outer edges of the eyes that are medium-dark clear blue and no nose crest, which are some of the features that separate them from the Sulawesi species. [4] Sailfin lizards are semiaquatic and able to run short distances across water using both their feet and tail for support, similar to the ...